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Where next for Greece's troubled privatisation programme under SYRIZA?
Economyof Trainose (operation and management of railway activities). In the 2015 budget, the previous government had... by the end of 2013. In the 2015 budget, the previous government had set the target at 2.47 billion... by the previous government according to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) directives and involved
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IMF sees Greek growth at 2.5 pct in 2015, debt at 172.7 pct of GDP
Economy. GDP growth for 2015 was revised downward to 2.5 percent from 2.9 percent in its previous estimate six... percent, IMF reiterated its previous forecast of 1.5 percent for 2014. Similarly, the IMF retains... the previous publication last October, the IMF did not provide its updated forecasts on Greece’s gross
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OECD slashes 2015 growth forecast to just 0.1 pct, raises unemployment and debt figures
EconomyMacroeconomyestimates to 0.1 percent in 2015 from 2.3 percent in its previous forecast published last November..., which is significantly lower than the previous estimate of 6.8 percent. However, a strong rebound... for 2016, which is broadly similar to the previous estimate. According to the OECD, gains
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How big is the gap separating Greece and the institutions?
EconomyProgramme, 2014 levels, when then previous government had slashed them. This measure was removed creating... levels. This has an estimated cost of 1.2 – 1.5 billion on an annual basis. In a previous similar CoS ruling for the armed forces last year, the previous government had responded with a 6-month delay
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Greek stocks rise by 16 pct during week on hopes of deal in Brussels
Economylanded at 797.52, more than offsetting the losses of 11.3 percent recorded in the previous week. All... strongly rebounded by more than 33 percent, reversing the losses of 17.7 percent posted in the previous... million posted in the previous week. On the corporate front, there were not any significant
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New prior actions may prove obstacle as Athens talks intensify
PoliticsGreek Politicsblow to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. He was forced to remove these provisions from the previous.... Although those hirings were within the limits that the previous government had agreed with the troika, Greece's lenders feel they are against the spirit and purpose of the previous public sector sackings
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Greek stocks down 5.1 pct over week as investors remain cautious
Economyto the previous week’s losses of 3.2 percent. Over the past two months, the Greek stock market has... by 30.7 percent this week after a nosedive of almost 20 percent the previous week. Since the beginning... in the previous week, indicating the weakest activity in the post capital controls period. All trading
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Greece stands on fault line between vicious and virtuous cycles for 2016
Agoraprevious ones meant that any troika financing was put immediately on hold. This left Alexis Tsipras’s... dropped to a mere 77 million as more than 2.5 billion had been sapped in the previous twelve months... to further reducing the income of pensioners after eleven previous rounds of cuts, agree further
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Greek stocks rebound 5.8 pct over week
EconomyFollowing a decline of 17.8 percent in the previous two weeks, Greek stocks rebounded 5.8 percent... percent but erased only a fraction of previous weeks’ huge losses. The year to date performance shows... this week from 77 million euros in the previous week. Corporate news Alpha Bank said on Wednesday
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Calls for snap polls, parliamentary probes set tone for polarised politics
PoliticsGreek Politics-of-court settlement made between the previous government and Siemens in 2012 and for a review of criminal... to hold the previous corrupt elite to account. However, the parliamentary inquiry would also serve... on the spot. Instead, his speech focussed on changes to legislation under previous governments that he
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